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It's a cartoon; a form of self-expression and entertainment, and it is far from displaying objectification. Ok, so lots of men think the art is sexy. Guys think anything they are sexually attracted to is sexy. Put an attractive, full-clothed woman on TV and people will still sexualize her. Why? Because hetero guys like girls. That's biology.

Personally, I don't consider the original anime characters to be sexy. The art just doesn't do it for me. I think the sex appeal is way overrated, but I do think they're cute. The manga, however, is sexy.

It's real peoples' behaviors and the depictions of real people that influence society to mistreat women based on their appearance and clothing. Sure, those elements are present in cartoons, but a cartoon depiction of strong girls who do positive acts and happen to have cute clothes, is not part of that problem. Clothing is not what makes bad behavior. It's the mentality that it does.

The cartoons that depict girls as helpless, unintelligent, and other negative stereotypes, are so much more harmful than just a simple short skirt. If children had resources, good influences, and a healthy environment throughout their lives, they likely wouldn't view women as sex objects, even with fictional cartoons on their TV screens.

While I probably wouldn't be a fan of cartoons depicting harems of women that are ditsy, big-titted decorations, I wouldn't be opposed to them. Because I can differentiate between real life, fantasy, and personality traits to legitimately judge people based on, so why can't you? Unless you are autistic and the like, you should be fully capable of making those distinctions too. Again, it's just a matter of having the right resources and influences in your life.

This patriarchal, manly-man, bros before hos, blame-women-for-all-my-problems-I-can't-control culture stimulates sexual objectification. That's what you should really be targeting. Because you, yourself, are participating in and facilitating society's sexualization culture by tunnel-visioning on women's legs as only a sexual organ, rather than a human body part. THAT is objectification.

Sexualization and objectification. Not the same thing unless you're an asshat.
I know it's possible for a woman to be smart, strong, funny and sexy.

The point is that the media has it drilled into our minds and culture that the latter is also required or it some how diminishes the other more important qualities.

It's a common issue for adolescence/teenagers, male and female. They can be f*cking awesome, for lack of a better adjective. However they are often tormented by others and by themselves if they don't meet visual standards.

This mindset isn't just instilled on males. I have personally never seen a man refuse to be friends with another just because one is -ugly.- I have however seen women DESTROY each other emotionally just because one has apparent physical flaws.

There's nothing wrong with being attractive, I just hate all the douchebaggery that results due to the media imprint.
I hate seeing people suffering with anorexia, bulimia, depression and myriad of other problems because they don't think they meet what is "common and socially acceptable."

I don't see a problem with a TV show not dissuading.
Society as it is, is unhealthy to the bone.

I guess you also don't see the irony in that statement?

That's the thing about passive influences. You often don't realize the effect.
Modern media greatly influences culture. Saying media does not contribute to things like bullying is inaccurate to say the least.

I agree the media plays massive roles in how men and women view each other and themselves. But again, because people can't differentiate between reality, fantasy, and how to actually treat each other, isn't a reason to censor Sailor Moon's short skirts.

What you are implying is that all media, including exaggerated, unrealistic cartoons be censored to fit a mold of modesty and conservatism. I don't agree. 1. That's a Republican mind-set, and we all know Republicans are retarded. 2. That reminds me of the book called The Giver. Everything was controlled and perfect. There were no individuals and no one thought for themselves. I don't want to live in that type of world.

We should be able to have a variety of shows depicting people in all sorts of ways, whether that be bad or good, and be capable of not confusing it with how we feel towards people in reality and ourselves. If we have good role models (parental guardians) and a good environment (society, I mean REAL society), kids wouldn't even have an issue.

Moreover, if people were negatively affected by SM, I can assure you it is a very rare, small minority. These people also probably lacked resources and guidance as well. I never had that issue as a child. Not with SM, not with Barbies, not with anything that wasn't real. I only ever envied real girls.

Lastly, there is this misconception that guys are less likely to pick apart flaws in people, while girls are more vicious. It's not true. Guys are just as bad, if not worse. Adolescent boys are more likely to say mean things to someone's face they don't like, while adolescent girls are more likely to talk behind someone's back. That was my experience when I was a child. Which actually makes sense because society urges women to be modest and mute, while men are allowed to be vocal and vulgar. Boys are also not likely to be friends with unattractive/geeky guys/girls unless they have confident and funny personalities. Men and boys are also less likely to date unattractive/overweight women, while women are more likely to be attracted to a man's personality than his exterior. Of course, that's not true for everyone.

Additionally, if you've ever watched a video game stream, especially one with hundreds or thousands of viewers, the commenters tear people apart, constantly. "He's so fat." "She's ugly." "Show us your tits, slut." Et cetera. The majority of video game consumers/viewers are male. It only appears that women are crueler because so many hateful blogs based on who's the prettiest exist. It's just a matter of having a platform that is relevant to each respective social group's interests. Girls like celebrity blogs, boys like gamer blogs. Ironically, the latter isn't about physical appearance at all, yet it always degrades to that anyway. Both are infested with disrespectful individuals who lack a moral compass.

nobody i know were making rated R jokes about them except... tuxedo mask..

they found him gay and made sexual jokes about him

wat da fak

this honey song is so old in korea probably like 7-9 years old, didnt know miku ripped it off lmao

It's mainly adult men who fetishize SM. Sailor Moon has so much hentai doujinshi and fan art, but so does like, every manga/anime.

What's even more disturbing is that school girls are fetishized. :/ On the one hand I find school girl uniforms so cute and I like to wear them, but on the other hand, to fantasize and fetishize school girls publicly is so fcked up.